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Unpacking the mystery of credit scores

Episode Summary

Credit scores go all the way back to the early 19th century, but for many of us they remain impossibly opaque. Why do we have them — and will we ever get rid of them?

Episode Notes

Credit scores go all the way back to the early 19th century, but for many of us they remain impossibly opaque. Why do we have them — and will we ever get rid of them?